Anne D. Matthis

CLINTON — Mrs. Anne Melinda Davidson Matthis, 66, of 849 Cartertown Road, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 at her home.

A funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home with the Rev. Vivian Short, PHD officiating. Interment will follow in the Red Hill Universalist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Matthis, born in Randolph County, was the daughter of the late Colvin Wayne Davidson and Amy Louise Parks Davidson and was the wife of the late Bryant Stephen Matthis Jr. Mrs. Matthis graduated from ECU and obtained her Masters from FSU. She retired with 33 years of service as a school teacher with Union High School and was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.

Survivors are: a daughter, Amy Frances Matthis and fiancé Jamie Marsh of Clinton; son Stephen Christopher Matthis and wife Linda of Clinton; grandchildren, Micaelah Rose Matthis, Sawyer Wayne Nazworth, Forrest Lakanne Taylor, Catherine Cheyenne Matthis, Zachary Taylor, Morgan Haley Matthis, Victoria-Noel McKenzie Taylor, Amy Lee Nazworth Pait, Vanessa Hope Nazworth; great-grandchild, Alaina Nazworth; special nephews, Dion “D.J.” Matthis and Lewis Matthis; special niece, Kelly Balckum; special aunt, Eula Rackley; brother-in-law, Carl Thomas Matthis and wife Lynn of Roseboro; sister-in-laws: Kay Hobbs of Clinton, Betty Beasley of Clinton, Angie Matthis of Clinton, Manie Brown and husband Joe of Beulaville and Hazel Catlett of Washington.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 6 until 8 p.m. at Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home and other times at the home, 849 Cartertown Road, Clinton.

Condolences can be made to the family online at www.crumpler-honeycutt.com .

Arrangements by Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home, 118 Fayetteville St. Clinton, N.C. 28328.